Development of solar power system for Sarawak peat water continuous electrocoagulation treatment process
Sarawak state government has established Sarawak Alternative Rural Water Supply (SAWAS) programme in order to serve as a purpose of providing safe and clean water to the rural communities not connected to municipal clean water supply. In the rural areas of Sarawak, particularly on the coastal reg...
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Language: | English |
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Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36283/1/N%20Abdul%20Rahman.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36283/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/1101/1/012039 |
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Summary: | Sarawak state government has established Sarawak Alternative Rural Water Supply
(SAWAS) programme in order to serve as a purpose of providing safe and clean water to the
rural communities not connected to municipal clean water supply. In the rural areas of Sarawak,
particularly on the coastal region where municipal water supply is not available, the villagers are
normally resorted to utilize rainwater and peat water for daily usage. Some of these rural areas
are even not connected to electricity grid. Subsequently, one of the proposed methods to
eradicate these problems in supplying clean water without electricity supply grid is to implement
stand-alone water treatment system with solar power system. As such, the main aim of the study
is to design a solar power system to support Sarawak peat water electrocoagulation treatment
process. The study is divided into two stages. In the first stage, the study designs a solar power
system to support the treatment process of peat water for both batch and continuous
electrocoagulation systems. This includes designing and fabrication of a small-scale solar power
system. The second stage of the study involved experimental studies on both batch and
continuous electrocoagulation systems in order to study the effectiveness of solar power system
to supply electricity for the electrocoagulation systems. Overall, the study has developed a solar
power system for both batch and continuous electrocoagulation of peat water system. From the
experiments conducted, the developed systems are capable to reduce 18.8% and 46.15% of peat
water turbidity for batch and continuous electrocoagulation systems respectively. However, in
order to meet a more stringent drinking water standards, some improvements on the designed
systems are indispensable. |
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